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Only three votes for tomoe?
Just wait till she goes into full berserk mode and her popularity will explode.
I find nina and arika boring.
If i could cast another vote, it will defintely go to nao. Gotta love the girl for her take-no-shit attitude. Put up a poll on voice actresses and i wouldnt be surprised if she topped everyone. Nao's voice is just plain awesome!!!

The seiyuu had training in bars and clubs to sound so raunchy and streetwise .
Used to like shiho but obivously sunrise doesnt want to use the full potential of maki maki maki goodness...

I don't usually go with the flow and become obsessed with the main character, but Arika has become engrained in my psyche since the series began x.x She's just TOO CUTE! And that majorly pissed off look in her eyes at the end of 17 was awesome.

im a haruka fan... what makes an otome.. power, skill and GUTS!!!!! and the fact that shes with yukino was soooo funny.. i like their pair actually..

hmm is it me or natsuki likes shizuru more in this series? coz unlike in mai hime (where shizuru was the one pursuing her) it looks like its the other way around in this series... dunno.. or maybe its just my imagination..

My vote goes to Nagi. He's a manipulative little bastard, and a political genius way ahead of everyone else.
Also, he’s one of those villains who does not commit the error to repent of his crimes when everything starts to fall apart, suddenly converting to the good side only to die 10 minutes later saving the life of the hero of the story. A tv trope that I find truly repellent, in fact as much as I love Nagi in the anime, I hate his manga (Otome) counterpart.
Then I adore Nao (ironicly cynical), Haruka, and the sweet and obsessed Nina.

hmm is it me or natsuki likes shizuru more in this series? coz unlike in mai hime (where shizuru was the one pursuing her) it looks like its the other way around in this series... dunno.. or maybe its just my imagination..

Yes. it's semi-true. See in the Mai Otome drama CDs, it explains that Natsuki was the one crushing on Shizuru when Natsuki was just a coral. In fact she was one of Shizuru's "in-the-closet" fan girls.

Story goes, that Natsuki wanted to become her room attendant and Shizuru was aware of this. Shizuru noticed Natsuki to be a beauty that stood out from the rest but it was not enough to impress her since she thought that Natsuki was just another fan girl. As she had treated any of her fangirls, Shizuru tried to make a move on Natsuki and well...Natsuki didn't take it too well, resulting in Natsuki slapping Shizuru in the face. Shizuru perplexed by this action and thought that it was what Natsuki wanted since all her fangirls expect the same treatment. Shizuru then couldn't stop thinking about Natsuki and how different she reacted as opposed to her other fangirls. Haruka noticed that she was acting peculiar because "some coral gave her the cold shoulder" and so Haruka devised a plan with Yukino's help

Natsuki's ideal perception of the "perfect" Shizuru faded and she sorta lost all motivation to do anything. Mai had to try to cheer her up but Natsuki wouldn't budge. It wasn't until Haruka (who knew of the incident) marched right up to Natsuki and announced that Natsuki was to be her new room attendant. Shizuru, following right behind Haruka, didn't sound too thrilled about this and when Haruka noticed her reaction, she declared a battle against Shizuru. Winner takes all and the prize was Natsuki.

Seeing that Natsuki was still glum over the ordeal, made one last attempt at trying to convince Natsuki that her rightful place was with Shizuru as her room attendant. It wasn't until Mai had mentioned that perhaps "she" should become Shizuru's attendant. This doesn't sit well with Natsuki so she definitely reacts. Mai then points out that it was perhaps Natsuki's fault to for dreaming up a false image of Shizuru-oneesama and that maybe she's angry because she just thinks all her fans are all the same. Anyhow, Natsuki disagrees with Mai becoming Shizuru-Oneesama's room attendant so Mai encourages her to go work things out with Shizuru.

So during the CD track you hear running and panting coming from Natsuki who finally tracked down Shizuru. She practically (in a very raspy) voice admits her desire to become her room attendant for the "Real" Shizuru and not the image of her that she willfully constructed. Shizuru is touched by this and has a new "real" reason to fight Haruka in order to win Natsuki.

Shizuru comes out the victor of course and the rest is history.

*Phew* that was a mouth full.....sorry for making this long. I guess I remembered more than I thought LOL.

That Antsy would beat out Natsuki really suprises me.
She's OK I guess, but nothing special, each to their own.

It does not supprise me too much. Even though I loved Natsuki in HiME, she does not really get a lot of chances to shine in Otome. Except when she finally pulls out the big gun at the end, her role is mostly just telling the audience what is going on, or a bit of comedy relief with the interation between her and Shizuru or her and Nao.